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Wat Preah Vihear Sour : A Popular Pilgrimage Site outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia Thun, Theara

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Wat Preah Vihear Sour is a pre-colonial Theravada Buddhist temple which was built before the 1860s on an older construction site belonged to the Angkor era (9th-15th centuries CE). The site has several constructions like a water reservoir (baray) which belonged to the Angkor period (9th-15th centuries). Theravada Buddhist practices/beliefs probably came to the area during the 16th century which has remained the most important element of the site until today.

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Title
Wat Preah Vihear Sour : A Popular Pilgrimage Site outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Creator
Thun, Theara
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2020-06-08
Description
Wat Preah Vihear Sour is a pre-colonial Theravada Buddhist temple which was built before the 1860s on an older construction site belonged to the Angkor era (9th-15th centuries CE). The site has several constructions like a water reservoir (baray) which belonged to the Angkor period (9th-15th centuries). Theravada Buddhist practices/beliefs probably came to the area during the 16th century which has remained the most important element of the site until today.
Subject
Wat Preah Vihear Sour; Khmer Buddhism; Buddhist Traditions; Temple; Religious Place; Religious Group
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2020-11-18
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0394985
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76533
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Theara Thun. (2020). Wat Preah Vihear Sour: A Popular Pilgrimage Site outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Postdoctoral
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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